'History of the Indian Navy. (1613-1863).' [‎461] (480/622)

HISTORY OF THE INDIAN NAVY.
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The terrible heat of an Indian summer proved more
fatal than the sword of the enemy, to the Europeans during
the march from Sasseram to Peeroo and the subsequent oper
ations, and many officers and men died from heat apoplexy,
including the Colonel of the 6th Regiment and the captain
and subaltern of the Battery of Royal Artillery. Lieu
tenant Carew also was taken ill with fever, and, after vainly
struggling against the disease, was forced, on the 28th of May,
to resign the temporary command of his battery, to Mr. Mid
shipman Cotgrave,* and Mr. Brownlow also left, suffering from
illness which proved fatal.
Brigadier Corfield, in forwarding to Captain Campbell, from
Sasseram, the proceedings of the Medical Board invaliding
Lieutenant Carew, observed:—" I take this opportunity of re
questing that on the expiration of his leave. Lieutenant Carew
may be allowed to take command of the party he has left here,
as he has proved himself both a most useful and zealous officer,
and his men are in a fine state of discipline. I enclose extract
of the order permitting Lieutenant Carew to proceed in anti
cipation." Mr. Chapman, Under Secretary to the Government
of India, wrote, under date the 17th of June, 1858, "to express
the satisfaction of the Honourable the President in Council at
the share taken by the Indian Naval Detachment at Sasseram,
under command of Lieutenant Carew, in the combined attack
upon the rebels in the jungles of Peeroo on the 11th and 12th
ultimo, under the orders of Colonel Corfield, commanding at
Shahabad."
Captain Campbell, in forwarding to Commodore Wellesley
copies of Lieutenant Carew's despatch of the 25th of May, and
Brigadier Corfield's report on the high state of discipline to
which that officer had brought No. 7 Detachment, expressed a
hope that the Commander-in-chief would approve the conduct
of the officers and men under Lieutenant Carew's orders, and
that he would lay the correspondence before the Governor of
Bombay. Commodore Wellesley wrote, as requested, to Lord
Elphinstone, and the result was a letter, under date the 30th
of June, 1858, expressing the high approval of his Lordship
in Council.
Lieutenant Carew was sent down in a dawk gharree to Bar-
rackpore, where he was received by Lieutenant Wind us, com-
* Mr. H. G. F. Cotgrave will be long remembered by his friends and ship
mates as a fine seaman, a man of iron nerve and great personal strength. His
life was one of strange adventure by flood and field, dating from the time when he
was washed ashore, one of the few survivors of the wreck of the Prince at
Balaclava. Possessing a handsome face and grand physique, he was much beioved
by his brother officers, who mourned the sad end he came to in Australia. . _ a ^"
ing from his horse in the bush, his foot caught in the stirrup, and he was kicked
to death. Mr. Brownlow was also popular in the Service, and, during his bnei
career, saw considerable service.